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in grateful remembrance his talented 

 efforts to please our friends — he succeed- 

 ed beyond my hopes. The donors of the 

 feast and the guests were equally de- 

 lighted at the proofs of his skill ; and to 

 his zealous endeavours was I indebted 

 for one of the pleasantest parties I ever 

 presided at. 



I should have mentioned, that on my 

 way to the hotel, in riding up the town, 

 I met Mr. Samuel Boulter's pupil, the 

 portly French gentleman, who so eagerly 

 displayed his smattering of English. I 

 asked him to join our party at breakfast, 

 prefacing the invitation by an apology for 

 its brevity, and accounting for it, as was 

 really the case, by stating that it had 

 only been thought of that morning. He 

 came, and did all in his power to con- 

 tribute his quota of amusement. 



I cannot resist recording another in- 



